It references an article in NYT.

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BREAKING: A Syrian billionaire needed U.S. sanctions lifted so he could cash in on $12 billion in reconstruction contracts, per NYT.

In an attempt to influence American foreign policy, he proposed a Trump-branded golf course, cut Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump into a multibillion-dollar real estate deal for a resort in Albania, and had someone physically deliver a stone engraved with the Trump family crest to a Republican Member of Congress with instructions to take it to the White House to get the President's attention.

Trump threw his weight behind repealing the sanctions. They were lifted. The contracts are moving, and the Trump family’s deals are expanding.

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As of April 2026, the United States has moved to lift sanctions on Syria, driven by lobbying from Syrian billionaires like the Al-Khayyat brothers and a push by the Trump administration to facilitate reconstruction, following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024. These actions,, including plans for a Trump-branded resort in Syria, were linked to,.